The Art of War

1730 - 1740. Bronze.
Room 085

The prime achievement of the Venetian sculptor Bertós was his Triumphs, virtuoso groups of cabinet sculptures formed by stylised figures intertwined in lively and complex compositions. This magnificent example represents an allegory of the art of war through the figure of Hercules with his lion skin and club, the Roman soldiers with bows and spears, and the arms on the pedestal.

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Inventory number: E000504
Author: Francesco Bertós
Title: The Art of War
Date: 1730 - 1740
Technique: Cast
Medium: Bronze
Dimension: Height: 109 cm; Width: 45 cm; Depth: 51 cm; Weight: 60.2 Kg
Provenance: Mr. Lionel Harris Collection, London; acquired by the Prado Museum from Carolina Beamonte de R. Bustelo, Madrid, 1977
Entry date: 1977

Bibliography +

Hildburgh, W. L., Some Bronze Groups by Francesco Bertos, Apollo, XXVII, 1938, pp. 81-85, il. VII.

Salas, Xavier de, Museo del Prado: adquisiciones de 1969 a 1977, Patronato Nacional de Museos, Madrid, 1978, pp. 92, 101[99].

Coppel Areizaga, Rosario, Catálogo de la escultura de época moderna. Museo del Prado: siglos XVI-XVIII, Museo del Prado; Fundación Marcelino Botín, Madrid, 1998, pp. 115, n. 32.

Avery, C., The triumph of motion. Francesco Bertos (1678-1741) and the Art of Sculpture. Catalogué raisonné, U. Allemandi & Co., Turin, 2008, pp. 18; 73-86; 214-215, n. 109.

Mena Marqués, M.; Albarrán, V., La belleza encerrada: de Fra Angelico a Fortuny, folleto, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2013, pp. 51 n.227-n.228.

Maurer, Gudrun, Goya: lo bello y lo recóndito, La belleza encerrada: de Fra Angelico a Fortuny, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2013, pp. 352.

Mena Marqués, M.; Albarrán, V., Azúa, F. de, La belleza cautiva. Pequeños tesoros del Museo del Prado = La bellesa captiva. Petits tresors del Museo del Prado, Museo del Prado - Obra Social "La Caixa", Barcelona, 2014, pp. 178.

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Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. s/n.
Adquiridas a Doña Carolina Beamonte en 2.100.000 pts. Fco. Bertos: Tres esculturas: "La escultura, El Drama y la Guerra" [Aparece anotado en el inventario entre los asientos 1947 y 1948, pero no se le adjudicó número]